Oregon (Propeller), U155065, aground, 23 Aug 1908
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Thessalon, Ont., August 24. -- The steamer OREGON, owned by J. W. Squires, Chicago, loaded with pulpwood, ran aground on Dyment Shoal at 10 o'clock Saturday night. Fire broke out and the steamer is a total loss. Part of the cargo was saved.
Buffalo Evening News
August 24, 1908
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OREGON Propeller. U. S. No. 155065. Built 1882, of 779 Gross Tons. August 23, 1908 vessel stranded at Thessalon, Lake Huron, and became a total loss. Of 13 persons on board, no lives were lost.
Loss of U. S. Vessels Reported in
Fiscal Year 1909. M.V.U.S., 1909
Steam screw OREGON. U. S. No. 155065. Of 536.08 tons gross; 363.67 tons net. Built West Bay City, Mich., 1882. Home port, Buffalo, N.Y. 197.0 x 33.0 x 13.0.
Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1885
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Freight: pulpwood
Remarks: Total loss
- Date of Original
- 1908
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.8935
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 46.25006 Longitude: -83.5666
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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